American painter and photographer (b. 1948) published in Time Time is an American newsmagazine. A European edition (Time Europe, formerly known as Time Atlantic) is published from London. Time Europe covers the Middle East, Africa and, since 2003, Latin America. An Asian edition (Time Asia) is based in Hong Kong. As of 2009, Time no longer publishes a Canadian advertiser edition. The South Pacific edition,, Newsweek Newsweek is an American weekly newsmagazine published in New York City. It is distributed throughout the United States and internationally. It is the second largest news weekly magazine in the U.S., having trailed Time in circulation and advertising revenue for most of its existence'. Newsweek is published in four English language editions and 12, People People is a weekly American magazine of celebrity and human-interest stories, published by Time Inc. As of 2006, it has a circulation of 3.75 million and revenue expected to top $1.5 billion. It was named "Magazine of the Year" by Advertising Age in October 2005, for excellence in editorial, circulation and advertising. People ranked #6, The New York Times The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded in 1851 and published in New York City. The largest metropolitan newspaper in the United States, "The Gray Lady"—named for its staid appearance and style—is regarded as a national newspaper of record. The Times is owned by The New York Times Company, which publishes 18 other, The Los Angeles Times The Los Angeles Times is a daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California and distributed throughout the Western United States. It is the second-largest metropolitan newspaper in the United States and the fourth-most widely distributed newspaper in the United States. Its daily circulation reported in October 2008 was 739,000, down from a, Stern Stern is a weekly news magazine published in Germany. It was founded in 1948 by Henri Nannen, and is currently published by Gruner + Jahr, a subsidiary of Bertelsmann. In the first quarter of 2006, its print run was 1.019 million copies and it reached 7.84 million readers according to Media-Analyse (Germany), Paris Match Paris Match is a French weekly magazine. It covers major national and international news along with celebrity lifestyle features. It was founded in 1949 by the industrialist Jean Prouvost, Yachting, Sail, Boating, Time-Life Time Life is a book, music, and video marketer, that since 2003 has been owned by a private equity company Ripplewood Holdings. Since 2003, Direct Holdings US Corp is the legal name of Time Life, and is no longer owned by its former parent Time Warner. In March 2007, Ripplewood led a group that took The Reader's Digest Association private and has Books, Modern Photography, and on numerous magazine and book covers. McNitt worked as a news photographer for United Press International United Press International is a news agency headquartered in the United States with roots dating back to 1907. Once a mainstay in the newswire service along with Associated Press (AP) and Reuters, it began to decline as afternoon newspapers, its chief client category, began to fail with the rising popularity of television news. This decline (1974), a free-lance marine photojournalist (1975-1982), and as a contract photographer, writer and editor for Newsweek Newsweek is an American weekly newsmagazine published in New York City. It is distributed throughout the United States and internationally. It is the second largest news weekly magazine in the U.S., having trailed Time in circulation and advertising revenue for most of its existence'. Newsweek is published in four English language editions and 12 International Special Projects (1982-2002).
McNitt's portfolio spans 35 year and ranges from tall-ship portraits to mixed-media paintings that combine traditional oil painting and modern digital image editing Image editing encompasses the processes of altering images, whether they be digital photographs, traditional analog photographs, or illustrations. Traditional analog image editing is known as photo retouching, using tools such as an airbrush to modify photographs, or editing illustrations with any traditional art medium. Graphic software programs, techniques. His work is in the collections of Tommy Hilfiger Thomas Jacob "Tommy" Hilfiger is an American fashion designer and founder of the brand Tommy Hilfiger, Ralph Lauren Ralph Lauren is an American fashion designer and business executive. He is most notable for his Polo Ralph Lauren clothing brand, Ted Turner Robert Edward "Ted" Turner III is an American media mogul and philanthropist. As a businessman, he is known as founder of the cable television network CNN, the first dedicated 24-hour cable news channel. In addition, he founded WTBS, which pioneered the superstation concept in cable television. As a philanthropist, he is known for his $1, Dina Merrill and others. In 2000, the Librairie Maritime et Outremer in Paris hosted a solo retrospective exhibition of his marine photography. His photographic prints are represented by Darlene Orlov, a private art dealer in New York City.
Jim McNitt, Arc Angel, 2009, 30x40 in, mixed-media painting (oil, acrylic and pigmented ink on stretched canvas). Retro-Victorian imagery suggests a parallel between the "unsinkable" passenger-ship Titanic and the consequences of climate change for the passengers of "planet earth."Since 2002, McNitt has concentrated on digital printmaking and mixed-media Mixed media, in visual art, refers to an artwork in the making of which more than one medium has been employed paintings--especially images that advocate awareness of climate change Climate change is any long-term change in the statistics of weather over durations ranging from decades to millions of years. It can be manifest in changes to averages, extremes, or other statistical measures, and may occur in a specific region or for the Earth as a whole and other environmental issues.
At Artexo NY 2009, McNitt exhibited a series of mixed-media paintings called "Angels in the Visible Spectrum" that share a sepia-toned palette and a common narrative technique that uses steampunk Steampunk is a sub-genre of fantasy and speculative fiction that came into prominence in the 1980s and early 1990s. The term denotes works set in an era or world where steam power is still widely used—usually the 19th century, and often Victorian era England—but with prominent elements of either science fiction or fantasy, such as fictional and retro-victorian iconography to portray themes related to environmental sustainability Sustainability, in a broad sense, is the capacity to endure. In ecology the word describes how biological systems remain diverse and productive over time. For humans it is the potential for long-term improvements in wellbeing, which in turn depend on the wellbeing of the natural world and the responsible use of natural resources.
"Big City Angel" (Detail) by Jim McNitt, 2008, 30x40 in, mixed-media painting (oil, acrylic and pigmented ink on stretched canvas). Steampunk styling in the service of environmental sustainability.McNitt has contributed articles to Newsweek Newsweek is an American weekly newsmagazine published in New York City. It is distributed throughout the United States and internationally. It is the second largest news weekly magazine in the U.S., having trailed Time in circulation and advertising revenue for most of its existence'. Newsweek is published in four English language editions and 12 International, People People is a weekly American magazine of celebrity and human-interest stories, published by Time Inc. As of 2006, it has a circulation of 3.75 million and revenue expected to top $1.5 billion. It was named "Magazine of the Year" by Advertising Age in October 2005, for excellence in editorial, circulation and advertising. People ranked #6 and other periodicals and is the author of two books: “The Art of Computer Management,” Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster, Inc., a division of CBS Corporation, is a publisher founded in New York City in 1924 by Richard L. Simon and M. Lincoln Schuster. It is one of the four largest English language publishers, alongside Random House, Penguin, and HarperCollins (1984 ISBN 978-0671464714) and “The Home Video Sourcebook,” Macmillan Publishers Macmillan Publishers Ltd, also known as The Macmillan Group, is a privately-held international publishing company owned by Georg von Holtzbrinck Publishing Group. It has offices in 41 countries worldwide and operates in more than thirty others (1982 ISBN 978-0020807902). Since 2005, he has ranked among the top ten photographers of "all time" on Photo.net, the world's largest online photographic community. He is also a member of the faculty at the Silvermine Guild Art Center in New Canaan, CT, where he teaches digital imaging and printmaking.
References
- “The Mouth of the South,” Time, (1977-08-08), p. 42 (all photos by Jim McNitt)
- “Cover,” Sail Magazine, (September 1978) (cover photo by Jim McNitt)
- “Top Ten Marine Photographers of the 20th Century,” Motorboating & Sailing, (January 1980) p. 60 (photo by Jim McNitt)
- McNitt, Jim. (1982), The Home Video Sourcebook, New York: Macmillan Publishers
- McNitt, Jim. “Photography in the Electronic Age,” Newsweek International, (1982-9-27), p. 29
- “Cover," Yachting, (June 1983) (cover photo by Jim McNitt)
- McNitt, Jim. “And We've Only Just Begun,” Newsweek, (1983-09-26), p. 57.
- McNitt Jim. (1984), The Art of Computer Management, New York: Simon & Schuster
- Avatar Review, Summer 2007
- Orlov Fine-Art Gallery
- Jim McNitt Home Page
- Jim McNitt Bio
- Artexpo NY 2009 Solo Artist Listing
- Silvermine Guild Arts Center Faculty
- Silvermine Guild Arts Center
- Photo.net top photographers of all-time rankings
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